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Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Mortality Rate Function
Author(s) -
Dimitrov B. N.,
Rachev S. T.,
Yakovlev A. Yu.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
biometrical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.108
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-4036
pISSN - 0323-3847
DOI - 10.1002/bimj.4710270308
Subject(s) - statistics , mathematics , estimator , consistency (knowledge bases) , maximum likelihood , likelihood function , survival function , estimation , function (biology) , econometrics , economics , biology , management , geometry , evolutionary biology
Maximum likelihood estimator is obtained for the mortality rate function of a specific type appearing in survival data analysis. Strict consistency of this estimator is proved.